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6 Khwaja Dhunnun al-Misri severely reproved one of his disciples who had visited the courts of kings and nobles and ordered him to put off the mystic garment and burn it.
Rl,Y S!LSILAHS AND THEIR DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE STATE Of the two mystic orders-Chishtiya and Suhrwardiya-that flourished in India during the early period of Muslim history, the members of· the former cut themselves off completely from kings, politics, mughl8 and wealth ; while the latter considered such attitude as unnecessary and freely mixed with kings, accepted government posts and amassed wealth.
1 Shaikh Baha-ud-din Zakariyya was a reputed saint of the Suhrwardi Silsilah.
Shaikh Baha-ud-din Zakariyya's sons and successors mixed freely with kings and accepted jagirs.
Shah Wali-ullah of Delhi writes :-1 (View the image of this page) (" It is written in some Malft1+at of Khwajagan-i-Chisht that· the name of any one entered in the diwan2 of the king, is struck off from the diwan of God").
A very pathetic story of a mystic trying to live for the Lord alone may be read in the Conversations of Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Oi. i~lili Dehlvl.
Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chi• ragh Dehlvi, citing a saying of the Prophet, 2 told his disciples that the training of heart was essential for spiritual progress.
3 Baba Farid Ganj-i• fillakar told Shaikh Nizsm-ud-din Auliya :' (View the image of this page) ('' The real thing in this path is the concentration of the heart (on God), and this can be achieved only by abstention from .
In Miftdb-ul- 'Amiqin, Shaikh Nasir-ud-din ChiriRh (View the image of this page) In Khair-ul-Majtilis he repeats the same thing.